

Once the file opens in Audacity, our readers will see something like this:Ĭlick to Enlarge New: Listen to the above clip! Open the software and click File > Open, selecting the audio to be edited. Don’t see it listed? Open Audacity from Programs folder in the Start menu. Right-click the file and choose Open With and select Audacity from the list. Now that the file our readers wish to edit is on their computer’s hard drive, they will want to open the file with Audacity. Click the Title of the Audio you wish to Download

Step 1: MP3 DownloadĪlready have your file ready to go on your desktop? Skip to Step 2!īefore one can edit their AudioAcrobat recording in Audacity, the first step is to make sure that the file resides on the hard drive of the computer on which editing will be performed.ģ. Gone a bit cross-eyed? We did too at first, but never fear, we will turn you into a pro in just a couple minutes!īefore starting: Looking for Setup instructions? Our recent Audacity 2.0.0 for Windows Installation Tutorial should do the trick!įor today’s walk-through, we’ll be applying the Sliding Time Scale/Pitch Shift effect using Audacity 2.0.0 ( Windows 7) as run on Parallels a virtual machine booted in ‘coherence mode’ running on a MacBook Pro. It’s not brain surgery, but in today’s post we walk our readers through the process of using our favorite free, open source audio editing software for PC, aka Audacity to apply Tempo changes without changing Pitch, and applying Pitch changes without changing Tempo … or both of them at the same time! Even our senior staff members had to mull it over once or twice before truly understanding the full potential of this useful effect. While many of our previous Audacity tutorials have been overtly simple, straight-forward and use no more than minimal algebraic equations, this one may require an extra ounce or two of brain power to fully take advantage of.
